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August 29, 2006
Twins stadium tax approved
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved a 0.15% sales-tax hike to fund a new Minnesota Twins stadium today, by the same 4-3 vote that gave initial approval to the tax last year. With the state legislature having granted the county an exemption from a voter referendum on sales-tax hikes back in May, this was the last step necessary to approve the tax, which will now go into effect next January.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, "county officials have said a married couple with two children earning $60,000 a year would pay $25 annually." But, but ... what about the pennies?
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I don't know what the method for changing the state constitution in Minnesota is, but in California, we have referendums. I very strongly suggest that someone in Minnesota assemble a referendum roughly like we have in California, where you need a 2/3 vote of the public to fund tax increases for specific purposes. We have that in California, and politicians hardly ever attempt end-arounds on those. Just look at Sacramento, with Q&R, where we only need a... Hey! A 50% + 1 vote! It looks like someone manipulated our system by "suggesting" that Q&R are not linked!
Posted by MikeM on August 31, 2006 08:16 PM